Important Advice on Hygiene

Use The Bum Gun Bidet Sprayer:

Using The Bum Gun after every trip to the bathroom can dramatically decrease the amount of bacteria on your hands. Put some distance when doing 'your business' between bacteria and your hands.

Wash your hands:

Always wash your hands after going to the toilet, even when you use The Bum Gun. Wash your hands regularly throughout the day. Having clean, hygienically clean hands is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

We all should know how important it is to wash our hands after using the toilet, but fewer than 50 percent of people actually do it. A lot of research suggests very few actually wash their hands properly. Wash for at least 20 seconds, but 30 to 45 seconds if possible, scrubbing between fingers and under nails. And if possible pick up that soap for a second time, and lather, rinse and repeat.

Public Bathrooms:

Don't close the taps with your bare hands after washing. Use a hand towel.

Don't open the door with your bare hands after washing. Use a hand towel.

Use Hand Sanitizer:

Use hand sanitizer at your desk at home, and especially at work. When you get to work use it. After any breaks use hand sanitizer. And basically when you just haven't used it for a while. You can't be too clean.

Don't use the same cloth for everything:

Most people often use the same cleaning cloth to clean everything in the kitchen. The worktops, washing the dishes, and the chopping board. How many mums also use that same cleaning cloth to wipe their kids faces?

Prevent cross-contamination:

To prevent cross-contamination. Use a different implement for each cleaning task in the kitchen and bathroom. Disinfect cutting boards after each use.

Replace the sponge frequently. Sponges and scrubbers provide the warm, moist conditions and trapped food particles on which bacteria thrive. The bacteria can multiply, increasing from a few to millions in a matter of hours.

You should keep your kitchen sponge for no longer than a week. Between uses, clean it with an antibacterial cleaning product and let it dry. Look for thinner sponges, which dry faster.

The Vacuum Cleaner:

Empty your vacuum. Dangerous organisms such as salmonella could be multiplying in your vacuum cleaner bag, waiting to be released into the air every time you turn on the vacuum cleaner. Empty the collection bag at least monthly, or switch to a vacuum with a HEPA filter, which reduces airborne pollution.

Your Bins:

Disinfect all bins in your house regularly, especially in the kitchen. Germs that grow in your rubbish bin don't always stay there. It's common for a plastic liner to leak, allowing waste to collect in the bottom of the can (bin). Then when someone empties the container, the person typically sets the bag on a surface such as the floor, a counter or a chair, spreading the bacteria to that surface as well as their hands.

To stem bacteria growth, clean and disinfect the bin weekly, and use antibacterial bin bags. If there's no visible gunk in the container, a spray of Lysol should suffice.